Empire State Building tonight from the apartment After the rain on Broome st #walkingtoworktoday #walkingtoworktoday through Washington Square Park nice to see how fast this is finally going up KATSU […]

Since starting #walkingtoworktoday I’ve seen some interesting stuff, most notably people that are actually walking to work and shooting what they see. Yesterday was different though. It’s another example of […]

I’ve always been a fan of what the D&AD have pushed out in terms of work. They’ve been able to elevate work that typically get’s lost within the American Design […]

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Michael is currently the Head of Design at Dataminr, the first real-time information discovery company for Finance, News and the Public Sector. He leads the UXD team and is responsible for the overall design and experience of the desktop app, mobile products (iPhone & iPad), email systems, internal products and external communications.

Recently he merged his passion for time pieces, technlogy and wearables by becoming an advisor to Nooka.

Since 2005 Michael has published his thoughts on design at Design Notes. Topics of interest range from people's daily experiences with technology to typography to photography among many others.

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Michael Surtees is a product design director and practitioner of user experience design (UXD) based in NYC. He is currently the head of design at Dataminr, a company that is a certified Twitter partner using their firehose for clients in the areas of News, Finance and the Public Sector.
Since 2005 Michael has published his thoughts on design at Design Notes. Topics of interest range from people's daily experiences with technology to typography to photography among many others.
The 140 character version of what he's finding interesting can be found on Twitter at @MichaelSurtees. Photos are shared on VSCO, Flickr and Instagram.
When not designing, writing, or shooting photos, he loves cycling in and around the city. He can be reached at michael at michaelsurtees dot com.